Shouldn’t IATI encourage partner countries and civil society organisations to be transparent too?
IATI is focused on donor transparency. It is obviously critical that partner countries also improve transparency, but there are a number of other workstreams and initiatives which focus on partner country transparency. IATI does not wish to duplicate what others are doing. However, IATI encourages NGOs to improve their own transparency, where possible in line with the IATI standards as they are developed. IATI will be approaching international NGOs in 2010 to discuss how to take this forward.
